My son had a front tyre blow out around midnight on his way home (shift work) on a B road, the road had several bends but fortunately he managed to pull in off the road where there was a gated entrance to a field.
Too late and dark to recover the car last night so I dropped him at work today and went off to change the wheel.
The car was just off the road but on a fast right hand bend, with a fairly steep uphill gradient . The tyre was completely shredded (O/S/F) with the rim touching the ground.
I managed to position my car behind, off the road on the verge with the hazards on and I placed my warning triangle at the side of the road just before the bend so drivers would know there was a hazard ahead.
I was really surprised how few drivers bothered to slow down or or even alter their line to give me a wider berth as I changed the wheel.
And a special mention to the twonk who was going so fast and wide he drove straight over my warning triangle smashing the thing to pieces - fortunately I was just about finished and just putting the tools away when this happened.
end of rant
J
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I know you were being nice and cooperative and doing things by the book Jacks, but in situations like that i have absolutely no reservation putting my car in the way of traffic such that it can be passed but not without slowing down and maneuvering - 2 wheels only just on the verge in that situation i'd think.
So long as i wasn't creating a situation where traffic coming the other way could get a fright as they rounded the bend, i'd look very sheepish and wave and apologise for every honk of the horn of course.
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Why couldn't your son change his own wheel?
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...Why couldn't your son change his own wheel?...
Because he wanted to live to see his next birthday?
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Dads are expendable then?
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If you are a member of a breakdown service I would have rang them to change the tyre.
Saver for you.
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>> Safer even ;)
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Don't worry about it, your English is way better than my (non existent) Dutch.
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I passed a 44-tonne lorry today on its side in the middle of
a blind corner, protected by a little plastic warning triangle. I almost missed the triangle when gazing at the enormity of the overturned truck...
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Oddly enough I found myself thinking about this last Sunday during an extended bike trip. I saw at least a couple of cars having their wheels changed at random locations along the route (quite a rare sight these days) riding on the A41 near Witchurch I was reminded of an incident in the 80s where a car full of us were "making progress" around some beautifully marked and surfaced bends on that road when we came across a car with a punctured wheel right on the apex of one of the bends and a lone female, we stopped and bailed out to lend some muscle...bet that doesn't happen much these days...
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Looks enormous, doesn't it Mike?
I can tell you that it looks even more enormous when you're standing at the side of it wondering how you managed to get it in that position too.
Pat
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Is that an admission Pat?
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"Too late and dark to recover the car last night so I dropped him at work today and went off to change the wheel."
Might have been safer at midnight with lots of lights on than in the daylight rush hour?
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A fair number of cars now don't have a spare so with a shredded tyre you'd have to call for recovery.
I removed the wheels from wifey's Honda Jazz recently to rotate them and they were stuck fast to the hubs - common with alloy's, I gather. At home with a trolley jack and a large rubber mallet and piece of wood I got them off, but I really wouldn't want to do that on the car jack at the roadside.
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Certainly is Martin, but it's never been a secret.
Pat
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Changing a wheel at the roadside - scary! - Skoda
